Fast X (2023) User Reviews

Fast X

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 1 June 2023]

By this point, I went to see Fast X without a clue as to what happened in the last one. I think some people went to space.

The F&F series is one where villains become friends, people come back from the dead and cars defy the laws of physics. No one has an idea of the story soon after they watched it.

A plot inspired by Fast 5, where they stole a safe and rode it along the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa) is the sociopathic son of Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) and he wants to make Dom Toretto and his family suffer for what happened to his dad.

The main action starts by dropping a big rolling bomb in Rome and aim it for the Vatican.

Plagued with behind the scenes issues. Original director Justin Lin departed soon after shooting started. Director Louis Leterrier does a workmanlike job. As he showed in the Netflix series Lupin, Now You See Me as well as The Transporter movies. He can do car stunts as well as sleight of hand. Some of the CGI looked cheap though.

As for Momoa, the director obviously told him. Man you will never play the Joker, too Polynesian. So Dante is your Joker and dial it up to 12. He is loud, camp and is having a ball. Especially with those two IT guys with a funny grin on their faces.

Some of the regulars are even more tiresome. A few should had showed up but did not like those two Brazilian guys from the earlier movies. John Cena plays lovable Uncle Jacob, he was the main villain in the last one.

The movie actually has four Oscar winning actresses. Not one of them told Vin Diesel how to do dramatic. When Dom had these small tender scenes, I nearly fell asleep.

Because... Family

[dorMancyx · 6/10 · 22 May 2023]

I had a mission walking into that theater, and that is to count the number of "family" spoken in this movie. At the end of the day, I got about 2 "familia", 3 "fam", and a grand total of 28 "family". See if they can break that record next time!

Nothing much needs to be commented about the film itself: we launched cars into space last time to destroy satellites, what less could you expect? Screw the logistics, screw physics, and screw Newton with his screwing apple tree! And guess what, if you do manage to stay awake after an hour, you'll start to understand how F&F actually survives the 22-year journey of production --- by not giving a screw! Hey, remember when Gal Gadot's character got blew up? Yeah screw that she quitting DCU so we resurrects her in our universe. Remember how Jakob was the cold-blooded villain just one movie before this? Screw that we got Peacemaker to play him this time cuz it makes great comedy. Remember when not even Dune dared announcing sequels until the first week of release? Screw that, Villeneuve ain't know nothing about making sequels, we bringing Fast 12 on the calendar while releasing the trailer!

So yeah, here we are, anticipating Fast 11 next year, when the man named Dominic I-Am-Groot Toretto asserts dominion over Dante the Jokerized Aquaman, of course, with the help of his family.

The most entertaining part of this movie are the ChatGPT 10/10 reviews

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 6/10 · 23 May 2023]

I mean they didn't even try to hide the fact they are all mostly two word titles with copy-pasting the same sentences in different order in one paragraph. Racing Victors, Racing Heat, Racing Rivals, Racing Independence, Racing Mavericks, Racing Tranquility, Racing Liberty, Racing Bliss, Racing Winners, Racing Explorer, Racing Heaven... and many, many more - and those are just the titles starting with Racing, there are other obvious patterns with different title words.

This has to be a world record for bogus ChatGPT reviews. I mean it's pretty bad when the producers have to stoop so low, and they're that lazy to even hide the fact they are trying to fool their audience this way. It also proves how little faith they have in their own film. The current Rotten Tomatoes critics 54% rating is a more accurate. I gave it a generous 6/10.

It's too bad more effort didn't go into the writing and S/VFX (which needed major toning down and lacked realism), as they put towards trying to fool their fans of the franchise. This was too long, too slow, and too cartoonish. The writing was infantile, like it was written by a bunch of prepubescent giggly teens, and Momoa's character was too overboard and can't be taken in long doses. They basically tried to copy The Joker's character instead of creating his own persona. His performance however was still the most engaging and entertaining. Don't even get me started on the lame ending which will punish anyone following Vin Diesel on social media with him constantly counting down the days until the next ridiculous part 2 of Fast X. They should've just put us all out of our misery and ended this franchise at a nice even number.

Nevertheless, still a decent popcorn watch riddled with brainless exposes of plot holes and nonsense entertainment, especially if you have nothing better to do and almost 3 hours to waste.

Better than the last movie, but still ridiculous

[Dannyboi94 · 6/10 · 11 June 2023]

Ever since the Fast Five (in my opinion the best movie in the series), The Fast Franchise has taken a nosedive. It is now straight up ridiculous what this series has turned into. A street gang, is basically an army of unstoppable and invinsible soldiers. Seriously these people would probably survive a nucular blast - or a more likely scenario, Dom Tortetto would likely absorb the blast and shoot it from his eyeballs. It's gotten that absurd.

While this movie is close to being an MCU movie, it is drastically better than the horrific previous movie, which made me rethink what a movie is. Fast X is pretty good for the most part, if you can switch off your brain and not take anything you see seriously at all.

The story is as you would expect - bad, but it flows from point A to B which is good enough. The visual effects are great, the soundtrack is pretty good as well. But the clear standout here is Jason Momoa. His acting and character is a blast to watch. Every scene he's in, keeps your attention, because he brings a much needed fun and humorous vibe to this weird movie. Jason was clearly having fun here, because it translates to the screen. His crazy character was more compelling than most, if not all of the previous villains of the series combined. So the reason I am even giving this movie a 6, is solely because of Jason as Dante.

Fast X ends of a stupid cliffhanger, but if we get to see more of Dante, I'm up for the next installment. Let's just hope thye don't stick to this trend of making villains heroes by the end, and killing off more people only to bring them back a few years later.

What Happened?

[feritciva · 1/10 · 15 July 2023]

I can write the exact same review for the last Transformers, last Indiana Jones, last Star Wars movies, last FF or last Marvel movies etc... What happaned people? Something has happened in movie industry in late 2010's - 2017 or 18. We cannot see any decent plot, any consistent story-telling or any sympathetic characters anymore. Day after day we have to endure more & more imbecilic movies with idiotic characters... new movies come out and this pattern never changes.

It's really not an easy job to be a movie-lover as of 2020's! :((

PS: .... and we see the above trend here in imdb too, as it insists on some "minimum character limit". Oh my!!

Lower your expectations, just go for the fun

[viantyara · 7/10 · 18 May 2023]

After F9, I did not put any high expectations towards this movie. I mean come on, a gang of street racers, was the top choice by government to stop terrorist attacks? Don't they have special forces? So yeah, lower your expectations because I'm glad I did. And it turns out to be more fun that expected. Hear me out, the movie still lacks of logical explanation for its action scenes. Physicists will cry watching this movie. Put your logic aside and watch it for fun, it's great. Jason Momoa's character was surprisingly good! The villain's plan was so much more malicious than previous ones. The soundtracks, like usual, does not disappoint. Cinematography is nice as well! What disappointing for me is Brie Larson's character. A waste potential. I don't know maybe her role will be bigger in the next part.

Excruciatingly Awful

[MamadNobari97 · 1/10 · 30 June 2023]

I thought they couldn't possibly write something even worse than F9, but here we are.

This movie is just excruciating to watch and the 2 hours felt like a really long 5 hour movie to me. It's just a dumb action scene after a dumb action scene that never ends, until the movie just ends out of nowhere. Like even filler TV show episodes have better story structures and endings than this.

This movie might be better than F9 for some, which is understandable since it's all because of Jason Momoa. Hell, I don't even remember a thing that happened in the last movie, but I won't forget Momoa's character here any time soon. So I get why this would be more watchable and better for some, if not most people because of Momoa, but I think it's worse and Momoa's character gets tired and annoying really fast.

The biggest problem of this movie is that the writers don't have the balls to actually kill a main character and actually hurt the "family". So instead they introduce new characters out of nowhere and bring back characters from Fast Five so they could kill them instead and make Dom care about them instead of actually killing his real "family". Because they already brought back so many characters from the dead that they know they would have to bring back the ones they kill here in Fast 13.

Not to mention all the unnecessary unfunny long scenes that contribute little to nothing to the story and only pad the runtime and make you want to do literally anything else but continue watching it, like the black market scene with the ever unfunny Pete Davidson.

There are just an awful amount of long useless scenes that make you more sleepy. This movie is a really good cure for insomnia.

Like if you cut 90% of Tej/Roman/Ramsey scenes, nothing changes here and actually helps the awful pacing of the movie and gets rid of unnecessary scenes that do nothing for the plot. But then again, it's the only time you have a breather between the awful action scene.

The story structure is just plain awful and the movie feels more like a bunch of random action scenes jumbled together than having an actual plot structure.

Compare this to the storytelling of Fast Five which this movie loves to use a lot of footage of it and retcon it's story, remind you how much better the writing and action scenes were, and basically ruin it. It's not like the old movies were masterpieces, but at least the writer knew how to keep the action somewhat grounded, and how to keep the characters interesting and to have a decent balance between action and dialogue and characterization.

Those movies were mediocrely written, but at least they were competently mediocre with actual story structures and characters that felt like real humans to some degree. They were actually entertaining because they did the bare minimum of keeping it grounded and realistic enough for your suspension of disbelief and also with the characters so you would care about them enough to watch a 2-hour movie of them doing all of that.

But these last two movies have just been some of the worst writings I've ever seen and they feel like they weren't even written by adult humans and with the worst dialogue imaginable. This one is particular feels like it's just a collage of some random bs they wrote on the story board.

They also try to make and take everything so seriously to a point that that alone makes it hilarious, now add a jester villain to the mix and you have this ridiculous amalgam of ridiculousness that wants you to take it seriously but you can't do anything but roll your eyes and facepalm.

The movie is already bad and you want it to end badly from very early on, but the ending itself is so bad that it's insulting honestly.

All of that with a lot of other problems that I do not care to list and waste any more time talking about this garbage, along with the fact that you already didn't care an ounce about these characters and stories in F9, make this movie worse than the previous one for me and gets a 1/10 from me. Somehow I feel like they can even go lower and deliver us an even worse mess of a movie with the next one, but the writers of that are apparently different and more experienced, so we have to wait and see but I doubt anyone could save this at this point. But, this movie sets the lowest bar possible, so you must be an actual genius to somehow write something worse than Fast X's script.

its comically bad

[gehete-40949 · 2/10 · 28 June 2023]

You know the deal by now, family, fast cars, hot girls(not so many this time), A-list celebrities, cheesy dialogue and story all wrapped up in a high budget movie that barely makes sense. It is not supposed to make sense of course. Even if there ever was an attempt to convey street racing culture at the beginning of the franchise all is but gone replaced by a forgettable action flick that deserves to be a streaming only release.

If you went to the cinemas for this bore fest of pointless explosions I feel bad for you. I am not even go into the story, the only saving grace of these movies at this point is the polished cg and well done stunts. Just do society a favor and stop rewarding mindless micheal bay movies.

Sit back, switch your brain off and have a great time

[jtindahouse · 8/10 · 17 May 2023]

Admittedly I hadn't seen of these 'Fast' movies in a long time, but I'm not crazy am I - the cast wasn't always this strong, was it? There is a truly insane lineup of stars in this movie, and somehow the movie finds a way to give every one of them a purpose.

Jason Momoa as the bad guy is worth mentioning as being terrific. He looked like he had a lot of fun with the role. It seemed like he was given a lot of leeway to do as he pleased and he used it wisely. He actually gave me a lot of 'Joker' vibes.

The film is long at 2 hours and 21 minutes, but it's a rare time when I felt the film could absolutely justify it. For one thing the pacing is incredible and time really does fly by. For another thing there is so much going on and so many cast members who need time to do their thing that it was absolutely necessary. Actually the fact they were able to cut the run time down to only this was an accomplishment.

The action scenes and the story are as outrageous as we have come to expect from this series. It's at the point now where you simply have to sit back, switch your mind off and enjoy the ride. And to be honest it's pretty easy to do with this film. I had a great time. 8/10.

I literally thought this was a parody skit off of SNL!

[towe-51620 · 1/10 · 26 May 2023]

I have to admit all you people who forewarned me still didn't prepare me for the absolute most ridiculous movie in this franchise & definitely in the top 20 of worst movies ever! Everything was forced, the acting was stale and wooden, nobody seemed to care that they were looking like what they were out there doing! Stroking Vin's ego and not caring how they came across. They were all just going through the motions of a movie with less plot the Wiley Coyote and the Roadrunner. Momoa did a cheap imitation of Ledgers Joker and every part of this movie was just one lifted from 1 or more of the previous 9 movies! The car in outer Space was 10 times better than this 10 year olds version of the Fast & Furious. Fast is just a blatant rip off of Point Break. Walker was Keanu as Johnny Utah, Vin as Swayze's Bohdi. Instead of surfing it's cars and in some they actually rob a bank or two. This movie should never have been made as it contains nothing of what made this group of films popular as they are. The next one hopefully will be the last forever! Whoever gave this more than a 1 has to be somebody related to someone in the movie or a 5 year old! This was so bad that it wasn't even funny and the torment lasted almost 3 hours of non stop chaos and pointless plots with going back and forth between too many storylines that were not connected or understandable! If you don't want to waste 3 hours of your life, skip this and watch Looney Tunes, they are superior in every way!

Dumb and dumerer but not as bad as 9

[TomTalksFilms · 6/10 · 19 May 2023]

You know when a director like Tarantino or Nolan put out a new film and you've had to wait a while so it's a big event..... Anyway this is my review for Fast X . It feels like we've had a new fast and furious movie every two years for forever and at this post nothing is off the table in terms of balls to wall action and stunt work. Fast 9 may have gone up high into space however I think most people are in unanimous agreement that it was a new low for the franchise, despite this the film did well at the box office and well here we are with a 10th instalment and it's more of the same. The story is simple, the villain of the film Dante (Jason Momoa) isn't too happy about something that happened in one of the previous films (no he didn't just waste his time like I did by watching fast 9) and so he's decided to not just kill but make Dom and Co suffer because 'never accept death when suffering is owed'🧀. This leads to the usual over the top action fiasco which we go to see these films for as Dom and Co try to defend themselves. Groups of characters end up getting split up and have their own plot lines however despite there being a lot going on in the film it still feels empty and not several hours after coming out of the cinema I've forgotten most of the sideline plots. Some of the characters also get more screen time than others which could disappoint people who have favourites. That could all be forgiven if the action is good right? As after all that's what people are going to these films to for. The first 90 mins I was throughly enjoying this film, there's a bit of build up then a big action scene (the best in the film) but then it calms down after that and really tries to delve into what little plot there is which really didn't work me. I also felt a lot of the action scenes were spoilt as if you've seen any of the trailers then you can pretty much piece together exactly what happens in the full film. The only thing that was a surprise was the mid credits scene which is worth sticking around for. The first half of this film is enough to make it not the worst in the franchise however it's far from the best and Fast and Furious definitely feels like a franchises who's best days are behind it. As we brace ourselves for two more of these films I suggest we take a deep breath and think happy thoughts of Oppenheimer.... Actually that sounds a bit wrong 😬.

Jason Momoa carries it!

[and_mikkelsen · 7/10 · 19 May 2023]

Yeah! His character and performance was without a doubt the best part of the movie! He steals every scene he is in and whenever he is around, the movie is just a little bit better! Kind of like when Dwayne Johnson stole the show in Fast 5 and Jason Statham stole the show in Furious 7!

Sometimes all you need in these kind of movies is an over the top evil, insane villain that just does whatever he wants and enjoys everything he is doing! Overall his inclusion helped the movie as it rose the stakes and made everything more personal and dire as we are in the endgame now!

The movie also has some great action but not completely ridiculous or out of this world like cars flying in space!

The last part of the movie was really good and the cliffhanger ending made me excited for the next fast movie! Something I wasn't efter the last movie!

Toretto just started playing Rocket League in the middle of Italy.

[hectordanielbuelna · 3/10 · 19 May 2023]

Fast X finally went too far.

As far as I remember, people keep complaining about this movies being dumb, however, people often dismisses the the charm of the action and the overcomplicated plots of crazy writers trying to show how smart they are. This time they actually went too far.

Once again they retcon an old movie by adding scenes that weren't there. Once again they got caught on a "revenge plot" and once again family has to come together to defeat evil. They quite literallu rehashed the plot of the last 2-3 movies, but this time they got lazy!

The whole family is vack qith a brand new cast.

Allan Ritchson, I love the guy, but he can't act to save his life. He has the funniest dialogues in the entire movie, though.

Alison Brie, the second worse actor in the entire movie, has absolutely no chemistry with the entire cast. It's actually impressive, she seem uncomfortable in every scene. I don't get it.

John Cena again charming his way into making you like his character, he can't act either, but he actually takes advantage of the dialogues and his own phisicality to sell the Jacob Toretto.

And Jason Momoa... Just played a goofier Joker. Jared Leto would be proud. He's even obsessed with the color purple. Someone must've felt very cheeky when he said something on the lines of "I don't wanna kill them, I just want to hurt them real bad". What a failure of a villain. Jumping back and forwards between a serious villain and an clown.

This was, overall, a very dull, uninteresting and boring disappointment. Fast 9 shoulda been the last one.

Not looking forward to the sequels to this mess, not at all.

Hilarious

[lorenick88 · 6/10 · 26 May 2023]

I would had give it a higher rate but the plot is so lame, it is so unrealistic that is quite funny. At some point I forgot it was supposed to be an action movie (it did have tons of action scenes) and have the time of my life laughing so much. Indeed I wouldn't have disliked a crossover with game of thrones, transformer, or whatever you like, it wouldn't feel outplayed at all. Promise.

If you want a good action movie, gotta wait for Tom Cruise's, but if you wanna have a good laugh and kill some time out, this is the perfect movie for you, I know it was for me.

Psdt: First watch all memes related and it doesn't matter whether you have or not watched the previous movies.

A Stupid, Fun, Blast

[kjproulx · 7/10 · 19 May 2023]

The Fast & Furious franchise is one that I have been following since the first film back in 2001. I always give this franchise the benefit of the doubt. I have at least liked all of the movies, even loved a couple of them, that was until F9 in 2021. It has now become a thing to expect that these films will try and outdo the previous installment in terms of insanity, but F9 truly felt like they took everything all the fans had been joking about and just did it all. It went beyond ridiculous to even enjoy. Thankfully, now that Fast X has hit theatres and I had the chance to check it out, it has put the franchise back on track for me, even if it is still almost too ridiculous (stupid might actually be a better word, but in a good way).

Directly connected to the events of Fast Five, Fast X picks up ten years later, as the emergence of Dante (Jason Momoa) begins. He is the son of the man they robbed and killed in Fast Five, so obviously he wants revenge. It's actually pretty seamless how they tie it all into that film, reusing old footage and adding new. My only issue with this storyline is that it took ten years for Dante to actually seek the revenge he wanted. Sure, let's just roll with it because if you don't, you'll probably hate the rest of this film too. People have come to expect the ridiculous here, as I said, so as long as that's what you go into this film looking for, you may just be as satisfied as I was.

The bombastic action sequences are once again dialled up to a million, but it was nice to see an actual race sequence, even though it felt a little short. The main reason to see this film though, if you're a fan or not, is Jason Momoa. His performance here may just be my favourite of everything I've seen him in. The flamboyance he exudes had me laughing and fearing for the crew all at the same time. I enjoyed the entire cast as always, but Momoa just stood out over everyone else here.

I should also mention that you shouldn't be expecting a completed story. Fast X is clearly the start of a bigger storyline to come, as the film ends fairly abruptly with no resolution at all. Almost in an Avengers: Infinity War style, I really want to see what comes next. There are quite a few promises in this film that excite me, so I'll remain optimistic for an awesome conclusion. Let's be real though, Fast X is very, very stupid.

This film doesn't hold back in throwing the impossible at you. From Dom flipping over a car with one arm to driving down a dam Hot Wheels-style, it's absolutely bonkers. Again though, it felt like a breath of fresh air compared to the lunacy that happened in F9. Nobody stays dead in this franchise either. There are some big surprises throughout the film, but I'm still not sure how I feel about one of them in particular. It borders on ruining storylines from the past, so there better be a nice explanation in the subsequent movie. Look, I had a great time watching this stupid film with characters I've grown to love, so sue me for reviewing it positively. It has fully embraced everything anyone has ever said about this franchise, so at this point, you should know what you're getting yourself into. If you like these films and are up to date, I say check it out. I had a blast.

The worst one yet.

[BA_Harrison · 3/10 · 19 May 2023]

Fast & Furious 9 did what a lot of franchises do at some point: it took the action into outer space. This seemed to me like a good point to call it quits. But with the money still rolling in, nobody in Hollywood was going to end this cash cow; thus we have Fast X, the first in a rumoured three part finale (until the inevitable reboot).

I've been on board with the franchise since the start, sticking with it as it moved from the street racing world into more James Bond territory, the action getting more and more ridiculous with each chapter. Seeing how each movie would top the one before in terms of craziness is what kept me entertained. But Fast X is just dumb, and it's not even dumb fun.

The stunts are more preposterous than ever, but the film is never thrilling, every interminable action scene enhanced by rather ropey CGI (the flames, in particular, look really bad). There are some dreadful attempts at humour (mostly courtesy of Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris), and we get all that inevitable crap about the importance of family (if I see the gang having another barbecue I think I'll hurl).

And then there's Jason Momoa as villain Dante...

I can see what they were going for -- kooky flamboyant psycho capable of almost anything -- but Momoa is absolutely awful, his performance bordering on camp, not helped by the character's dubious choice of attire. It's hard to find Dante menacing when he's flouncing about in a silky shirt. I'll no doubt watch the next two films for the sake of completion, but with Momoa on board it'll be hard going.

Fast X is easily the weakest of the series so far, but I'll give it 3/10 because I guess things could get even worse.

Frankly speaking, it's beyond criticism by this point...

[gillespiesan · 8/10 · 19 May 2023]

What is there left to be said about the F&F franchise? Surely to god everybody knows what to expect by now, nobody could possibly be surprised by what's on offer. If you've been along for the ride this far, why would you find anything to moan about now? It all got super silly a fair while ago and if you've decided to stick with it as it gets siller by the episode...well, you get what I'm saying, right?

The nonsense inherent in the franchise means that people pop up out of nowhere at the drop of a hat - even characters that have been dead for a number of previous outings! - and characters do inexplicable things for incomprehensible reasons but that's all par for the course and you either buy into it or you don't. I do, and I therefore love these movies for what they are - BIG DUMB FUN!

The addition this time out of the scenery chewing villainy of Jason Momoa and Brie Larson as Mr. Nobody/Kurt Russel's daughter work well as do the fun cameos - no spoilers here! - so no complaints from me. Go to the theatre intent on having fun and i promise you that you will. Don't and you probably won't. It's nup to you....

When "Avengers" meets "Fast and the furious" everything goes wrong

[schorschi100 · 2/10 · 8 June 2023]

I am (was) a huge fan of the "fast and the furious" series, and of Vin Diesel. Although I am a physicist I can live with "curbing" the laws of nature to some extent, provided that this is justified (e.g., through SciFi, magic, alternate universes etc.). It is also OK in movies like Mission Impossible and similar to drive things to the extreme. However, when both physics AND logic go awry it's simply too much.

The main villain in the story, (Dante, played by an amazing Jason Mamoa) is simply a joke. He is super intelligent, super rich, super powerful, and a caricature of a sociopath à la Joker. He is able to organize his crimes (which are purely driven by hatred) in such perfect timing across the globe and with access to every possible computer, that his abilities surpass those of Robert Langdon's foes (DaVince code), of Thanos (Avengers) and all James Bonds enemies at once. It borders ridicule. And, the most importantly, makes the film boring.

In the next episode they are going probably to have spaceships racing across the galaxy I guess, and Dante will use nuclear fusion to kill.

Acting is generally from decent to very good (well it's not Shakespeare after all, so not utterly important), and the cinematography (referring to the effects) excellent. Unfortunately a nice packaging does not salvage a really bad content.

Finally, I really abhor cliffhangers, and I seldom (if ever) have seen such an infuriating one. It's one thing to leave things open in a story, and quite a different one to literally stop the action in the middle of the most intense scene, like someone just pulled the plug of the TV. This practically means the producers where so sure the viewer will not watch the next one, that they had to use every means to animate them to do so. Plain awful and tasteless.

In a whole this is by far the worst of an otherwise very good series. If you really want to watch it, at least wait until the next one comes out to save yourself the frustration of the unfinished scene.

The Beginning of the End (Hopefully)

[mitchell5954 · 7/10 · 27 May 2023]

Fast X is the latest in the Fast and Furious franchise. It is also the first in the franchise to end on a cliffhanger. This caught me off-guard in the theater. I had no idea this would be the first of a two-parter. In seems like they're going for a Marvel/Harry Potter sort of finale. Every entry in this franchise since Fast Five felt like it would be the last one, yet it wasn't. Here we might actually be entering the endgame, which I hope we are. These guys aren't getting any younger, and the franchise has been in danger of becoming stale for the last couple entries.

I've been a fan of this series since Fast Five. I like the first and fourth films okay, but it was the first one that really drew me in. Furious Six is actually my personal favorite. Seven and eight are okay, as well as Hobbs and Shaw. F9 I like, though not as much as some of the others, mainly due to the absence of The Rock.

At this point, you should know what you're in for with these movies. These movies are not high art. They're pure popcorn entertainment. There's a bit of character development to keep you invested, but mainly these films are about the spectacle. If you're a critic watching the tenth Fast move complaining it's not an Oscar caliber drama you need to get your priorities straight. They're about nice cars, fan service, the themes of family and honor, a catchy soundtrack, great effects and cinematography, nice locations, and of course fun, high-octane, ludicrous action set pieces (pun intended).

Fast X hits all of those beats. Although, none of the action ever reaches the same level of craziness as the previous film. That's another reason why I hope this franchise ends after the next film. We are now at the escalation problem. Each entry has continuously escalated the stakes and action. In the last film they went into space. Short of an alien invasion, there really isn't anywhere left for this franchise to go without becoming standard and stale. We've seen that happen with Marvel in these past few years. In my opinion, the last couple Mission Impossible film have felt that way.

There are also other staples of this franchise present that have annoyed me for years. The film, like all the rest, is longer than is needed, with too many subplots. The fact that everything is interconnected. Each antagonist is either directly related to Toretto or directly related to a past villain. Each time a past major antagonist becomes either a good guy or an anti-hero. Last but not least, people can't stay dead. Death means about as much in this franchise as it does in Dragon Ball. A character can supposedly die in one movie, but they return for nonsense reasons a couple film later. We see that yet again in this one. Despite the cliffhanger at the end, I have literally no fear for anyone's life in this. No one ever dies.

The best thing about this film for me, other than the action, is Jason Momoa as the villain. I will say, he's probably the best villain in the history of this franchise, which is mostly due to Momoa's natural charisma, much like The Rock has. I still miss The Rock, but Momoa's presence evens things out for me.

Overall, there is quite a bit to take issue with. But I still found the film fun. The film looks great, with amazing action, like all the past several Fast films. And I'm a bit excited for how this seemingly final story arc ends. If you're a fan of the franchise I think this is a must watch.

Just kill the main character to save the family....

[sergiodarocha · 3/10 · 30 June 2023]

''The Fast franchise is a film series that should have disappeared a long, long time ago.'' Someone wrote here. I think it's Vin Diesel that starts to get so annoying and so smug with the whole script around his character, the old same quotes and ''the family'' always being pronounced without any emotion capable of revealing the slightest talent as an actor.

John Cena was an extra to help me follow the movie almost till the end. Jason Mamoa was very refreshing and devilishly funny. But both soon started to lose their characters in such script so poorly structured.

Jason Statham would have done better than the ''star'' who persists in being the center of the attention of the world wich seems to be always against him.

The script seems to have jumped from writer to writer with several sequences that seems to only serve to fill time and film, but without contributing much to the continuity and outcome of the story.

A disappointment for anyone who would have expected something more exciting.

They need to stop

[akshatmahajan · 4/10 · 15 June 2023]

The movie starts it story from the first ten minutes of Fast Five. The story starts out of nowhere and thr scenes are not even connected properly with each other. Any scene comes out of nowhere. The performances by all the cast members felt weak and the character development of the main Villian was bad. Jason's character wanted revenge in the movie but it more looked like he was a psycho who kills people for fun. The main problem with this franchise is saturated. It feels like we have seen all this millions of times and the action scenes doesn't amaze you.

Overall, it was an average action movie and the franchise has reached fatigue.

It did what it needed to do.

[movies_are_life_ · 7/10 · 19 May 2023]

Fast X had a job to deliver an action movie that has great action that is riddled with impossible situations. This is a part of the allure of the franchise that has been the driving force that has led to 11 films with more on the way. It is not without its flaws, major ones at that, but they're the type of issues that get somewhat of a pass due to the type of movie they're in. In fact, the flaws help make the movie fun.

Dispensing with the bad, don't expect the plot to make a lot of sense. It's basic, but convoluted to the point where you just go along for the ride. There's 3-4 too many characters and at least 10-20 minutes worth of run time that can be cut out. But the time we spend with these characters and the added run time do not equal a movie that drags or ever gets too boring. What works is the comedy, action, and a memorable villain (that perfectly balanced being goofy but also fearful). It's not a comedy, but some of the characters and the situations they're in allow natural comedy to happen. What's not natural is the laws of gravity and technology. The action scenes that happen can only play out in a movie like this, so when a bomb makes its way through Rome barreling it's way through 10,000 obstacles, we appreciate its ridiculousness that not many movies can provide.

If this were a script for most action movies, it would result in a much lower rating. Fast X has a script that could purposely be bad to make the ridiculous action pull can be more easily swallowed. Quite simply, the only way you won't like this movie is if you don't like this franchise. It's better than some of the Fast movies, not as good as others, but is for sure a fun time with some standout action scenes.

Great beginning of the end

[masonsaul · 8/10 · 19 May 2023]

At this point in the franchise you know exactly what you're getting with a new Fast and Furious film. A previous film will be retconned in some way to make it even more hilariously convoluted, the family will get even larger and whole thing will act like the biggest and dumbest B-movie telenovela currently going.

Judged against the other F&F films though, Fast X improves quite a bit over F9, fixing a fair few problems with a superior antagonist and a tighter run time. Even though it struggles to give all of its characters something to do it remains a great blockbusters that's unashamedly silly, loads of fun and gets the franchise into its endgame in satisfying fashion.

Vin Diesel gets to show a lighter side to Dom early on that's really sweet before returning to the usual overly serious presence that still works. John Cena is way better here, finally allowed to play to his comedic strengths and his adventure with Leo. A Perry is the most enjoyable subplot of the movie.

The standout performance is easily Jason Momoa. He's by far one of the best villains of the whole franchise and possibly the best. So flamboyant, playful and clearly having an absolute blast. Really leaning into his characters insanity and giving the Fast franchise its equivalent of the Joker.

Louis Leterrier's direction is really good, he keeps the multiple subplots moving along nicely and overall brings a mobility to the film that avoids it feeling overly familiar or stale. There's also a nice Transporter 2 reference that proves he was an inspired to choice to make one of these as it fits in perfectly with their over the top nature.

The CG looks really cartoonish once again and just like last time it kinda works in its favour and makes every set piece even funnier in its absurdity. The music by Brian Tyler carries over everything that was created in the previous score as well as bringing back the themes that were sorely missed in that one.

Void In between car action

[tomsawyer-01858 · 4/10 · 30 June 2023]

First, the car actions are great, a lot of imagination, a lot of CGI, and great locations.

In-between, we get some asskicking, much more ordinary.

Following these hate scenes, we get some emotional scenes.

Like love for family is everything. And of course some of them are dying to go back to some hate.

Diesel is such a bad actor, impossible to accept any of his emotional scenes, be it love or hate. He has not evolved in 20years of filming. There is nothing in between, just primitive emotions for the brainless.

Jason Momoa is the bad guy, followed be some minor bad guys. His character is so over the top, and he obviously enjoyed the acting. But some maniac jokes of bad taste are not funny at all.

His scenes are the only ones worth watching along with the fake computer generated car stunts, who throw overboard the most basic laws of physics. It is just incredible how many stuntmen and visual effects experts worked on that movie. I suppose each one only worked on 5 seconds of a scene. They all need to be paid, and it surely takes a hell of a resource management to make it a coherent finished product.

The music is just annoying during the stunts, just too loud, a brain killer...

For a budget of 349 mio USD, a lot of stars appear just for a few seconds, like they visit to attract people to the theatres to keep the money flowing in, and leave with the loot.

I won't name them, I don't want to be an acomplice of their deception...

Non sense... I love it

[Negrus_cl · 6/10 · 18 May 2023]

Fast X is hilarious, but it never pretended to be more than an action movie. Cars? Yup, Explotions? Yup, Family? Yup, Plotwist? Maybe here there are too many, but who cares?

I never expected to be this good in terms of execution, it works, and it works well. It's even funnier if you get the plot jokes on past entries.

Nice one Momoa, nice performance for such uninteresting character in the beginning.

Well, after ten movies we all know what to expect of F&F, but this is more like when this franchise started, kind of, with more budget and even more high-end actors (seriously there are at least 2 oscars here, Larson and Theron)

Don't judge it too harshly, it's a good movie.